How To Install A Leather Steering Wheel Cover - Simple!
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 มิ.ย. 2019
- In this video I cover the most common type of stitch and steering wheel cover installation. Leather steering wheel covers look great and are easy to install. You touch your steering wheel constantly while driving. Shouldn't it be a nice thing to hold in your hand? Installing a leather steering wheel cover is an inexpensive upgrade that is easy enough anyone can do.
Here are links to items used in this video. Clicking these and buying something will send a few pennies to help this channel, and does not cost you anything extra:
🛒 Steering Wheel Cover: amzn.to/3730g9m
🛒 Hook and Pick Set: amzn.to/34YkLSt
#SteeringWheelCover #LeatherWrapSteeringWheel #InstallSteeringWheelCover
You can help me with future projects!
www.buymeacoffee.com/amplifydiy
AmplifyDIY is a channel dedicated to do-it-yourself projects with in-depth tutorials on a wide range of subjects.
New videos are published frequently. Want to make sure you don't miss any? Subscribe now!
th-cam.com/users/AmplifyDIY?su...
Check out the full channel here:
/ amplifydiy
Follow in real-time on Instagram!
/ amplifydiy
Music in this video:
For Mimi by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Artist: www.twinmusicom.org/ - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Amazing job....i really liked the way you explain everything...
i know im asking the wrong place but does anybody know of a way to get back into an instagram account..?
I somehow lost my account password. I appreciate any assistance you can offer me
@Sawyer Kaleb Instablaster ;)
@Jayce Marcelo thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site thru google and im waiting for the hacking stuff now.
Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
@Jayce Marcelo It did the trick and I finally got access to my account again. Im so happy!
Thank you so much, you saved my account !
@Sawyer Kaleb no problem :)
I know the video is old but it's the only video I have found that actually explains how to do this and is straight to the point.
Looks great, thank you. The little tool makes all the difference. These covers are much better than the overly thick ones that snap over the wheel.
I bought this same kit for my 1998 Dodge Van and will be doing this job in a few minutes so, thank you very much for your tutorial. Your video was very clear and to the point.
Though I've done several installations the car that needs a new cover now has wider spokes than the others. Your treatment looks like an improvement over my previous jobs. Thank you.
That was very good! Definitely clears things up for me! I seen one of these on someone’s car and it was done poorly. I assumed it was due to it not fitting very well but after you showed the process, I realized it was operator error, this looks very good for a cheap DIY. I hate snap on steering wheel covers. Thank You!
the way you explain make it's really easy to understand and not as intimidated as I thought it would be. So thank you.
Thanks, Long!
Hells to the naw naw naw going back with that hook. Make sure the stitches are tight as you go.
Can I just say your microphone/audio quality is fantastic. Great video thank you
why am i here, i dont even have a car.
Why?
great explanation of the whole procedure and looks awesome
Best steering wheel cover video I have seen! Nice work!
Excelente video, me fué muy útil. Thanks!!
Beautifully executed both the method & your presentation, so easy to understand that even this 2 left handed clown might give this a go! Thank you very much.
OK, couldn't have gotten it done without your help, came out just great and took two hours. Also i found for me having the stitches at the bottom helped so moved the steering wheel a quarter turn as I went. Only issue was mfg was thrifty with their thread, would have been easier with more thread. THANK YOU
Great job getting it done!
Amazing tutorial! Thank you 🙏
Just wanted to say thank you so much! I followed your method and was able to stitch a leather cover on my 2009 RAV4. It feels so much better now. The hook tool was clutch!
Glad it helped!
Nice and comprehensive, great video.
Thank you for the helpful video! The tip to use the hook tool was gold. Wouldn't have been able to make it fit snug and tightly without it.
You're welcome, Dean!
Good detail. Thanks for your knowledge.
Thanks for the video, it helped a lot. Now two of my cars have that new steering wheel feel to it. 👍
Nice!
Finally a video that’s easy to understand! Thank you!
Great job on explaining..I'm sold on this style now ..thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing this! SO HELPFUL!!
Glad it was helpful!
Great Job
Great video thank you sir
This is the best video I have seen on this upgrade. Thank you!
Thanks, I'll try it. Great video
Thank you Sir!
Best video on this so far 👍🏼
Thank you! Watching this for my t150 that I just ordered for racing games the wheel its plastic and want to cover it with this so i I don’t feel the plastic
Easiest and best video on TH-cam, thank you good Sir
Thanks for watching!
Great job very helpful thank u so much I like how you explain the process step by step 👍🏽
Thank you, Alvaro!
Dude thank you for helping me!
Again a very very good observation & that is l just noticed you didn't mention after unfolding the thread bundle & putting thread through the eye of the needle the thread seems to be a a Double thread pattern and not the typical single thread pattern for soeing and that's how the double thread can be tied into a proper double knot ,It appears you forgot to mention a very important step for stitching covers like this because the DOUBLE thread design works dually as a tightener and a holding thread. You just simply said now you thread the thread through the needle without saying what's actually happening like now you thread the DOUBLE thread through the needle.
cool. very straight forward. thank you for the video
My one recommendation as someone who’s sewn leather it would’ve been much better to run a back stitch on either side and using those loops as the binding point
Good tip - thank you!
brilliant many thanks
Good detail. Thanks 👍
Thanks for watching!
Great job looks good
If you watch the installation video for the really-expensive Wheelskin brand covers, they have a better way to start/finish the job: they have you leave a length of thread before the first hole and after the last so you can tie the two together and tuck the small knot into the cover. Seems a little easier and maybe neater than in this video. Overall, this was a great video, especially the part demonstrating the measurements.
Thanks for the tip and feedback!
You made that look very easy to do thank you for the detailed video
You are very welcome!
A great job
Thanks for the lesson
Thanks for watching!
Great video! Thank you! I just got the samecover as you have
Nice!
Thank you 😊
Good video, thanks.
Top notch video
Great video !! 😎👍🏼
Thank you! Cheers!
"Just stretch it around..." yes if you are a man this I'm sure is fairly simple. :) Mine, not so much. Glad I have a brother though who will probably be doing this for me. Appreciate the helpful video sir.
Thank you for the video
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video. Saw a few of them, but you had the best explanations of how to do it.
Thank you!
Great video! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Bonus points for the AvE shirt!
Skookum as frig!
Did a great job explaining!!!
Thanks, Yosef!
Had this video saved for months and just right NOW I Finally finished the job!!
Okay so a bit of backstory, the showroom guys gave the steering cover as accessories NOT sewn (fr who tf does that) but we ended up just giving it up to them during a service. When I go to receive the car I see the sloppiest job ever done in the history of covers. I cut the thread and took it off as soon as I got home and it was just left since.
Back then I did training in a tyre factory, and I got hold of nylon plies used for tyres. So last night I started the job using the very thicc ass thread. It was too thick and short to loop the needle the whole way, So ended up just looping it at the needle and super gluing the end to the line. The thread was too short to cover the whole wheel, so had to super glue the end to a 2nd one again and continue lol. Surprisingly that shit's strong.
At the end the thread was way too thick to loop or knot, so ended up just tightening it to the max and gluing the end at the last holes once again. But finally it turned out better than I expected!! It isn't the best there is but I'm happy how it turned out.
Also pro tip: You can use a small flathead screwdriver to tighten the thread if you don't have the hook thing.
Nice job!
Just for ya all, the way you stich it really comes down to how you want to look it. There are several ways how you can do it, this is most simple way what doesn't look best, but looks good enough and makes job done really well
Then there are those fancy stiches you can find on factory cars but they require lot of experience BUT then again, you really got to think about whenever you want to make it look good as well as functional or just functional
I am planning on doing this to my gaming steering wheel as I got one from my cousin and factory wheel doesn't feel best, have this smooth plastic with rubber grips on sides so I wanna protect rubber as well as make it more grippier to make better turns with truck
Either way it all comes down to preference so if you want something what suits you, nobody can really learn you that, you got to just commit and if you do lil oopsie then learn from that and do it again until you're satisfied, never satisfy with just half job done but do it the way you want it really to be
thank you very good tutorial and great editing sub like
Nice camera work.
Good Job! Looks good. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for watching!
Nice video on the subject! Probably one of the best I have seen!
Glad you liked it!
Really useful video, I went on to purchase one of these covers and it turned out really well 👍
That's awesome! So glad it worked out well for you. Thanks for the feedback!
After doing this on my car, I gotta give a few tips:
1. Be careful with the hook tool because if you poke at the string itself, you can damage its integrity and potentially cause it to break. If your string breaks, just start a new loop and make sure you tie the end of the broken string and tuck it under the wrap.
2. Make sure to start early during the day. I had to go back and forth because I didn't tighten the string correctly.
3. Make sure the steering wheel is wrapped tightly or you will feel it when you start driving again.
Great tips - thank you, Jerb!
Great video
Thanks for the vid! However, I’ve wrenched on some customer’s cars where releasing the schmoo off the steering wheel would require significantly more chemical action than a damp rag - more like a flaming cocktail of acetone, Lysol, and Raid.
Acetone, Lysol, and Raid! Breakfast of champions right there! LOL!
I've had many service type folks leave that kind of yuck on my steering wheel, seats, and carpet..... Ether works well on the carpet and upholstery.
That description made me laugh out loud 😂
Hi did you double the thread on the needle or is it a single thread?.
Thanks
Great explanation I'm sharing it with a girlfriend that needs some help but I probably would have used my curved leather needles the whole time. Thanks!
Curved needles would be great!
For everyone who lives near a Harbor Freight, they have a 4 pack of slightly different picks and hooks, like the one in this video, for just 99 cents. You need a coupon, and I have always found coupons available at their stores. This coupon is good until September 3rd, 2020.
Great tip!
Well done and informative. In the middle of my install and here's what I've run into:
- the website says to use the circumference measurement of the largest portion of the wheel, like the palm swell. I did that but you end up with way too much material to overlap on the smallest portion of the wheel. I had to put in a 2nd set of holes on one side and trim off 1/2 inch.
- the needles are brittle. I broke one trying to bend an arc in it like someone mentioned which is a good idea to make it easier to push. The needle snapped but I was able to use the stub that was left. That was until I used a small pair of needle nose pliers on the eyelet end to push it thru and the eyelet end broke. On to the 2nd needle supplied. I stayed away from the eyelet end with the pliers and it seems a few of the holes were tight causing the eyelet end to flex and the 2nd needle broke, with one side of the eyelet breaking off. The needles are way too brittle.
- on hold until I get another needle or two at Hobby Lobby if they're still in business.
- the website shows using a single strand of thread and this video shows the thread doubled which I did for strength. You will NOT be able to do the entire wheel with only one piece of thread. You'll have to splice the second piece of thread onto and may need to cut it back so the splice is hidden on the underside and not on the exposed portion of a loop.
one more item..... the areas around the spokes can be a pain depending on the shape/slope of the where the spoke meets the wheel. You get funny angles to deal with.
Hey Jeff - sorry to hear you are having so much difficulty with your install. I agree the needles can be quite brittle, but as I recall I was able to bend one by being very gentle during the bend. Hopefully whatever you can find at Hobby Lobby or similar will bend more easily. I hope you are able to finish it up and are happy with the result. Good luck!
Man this was super helpful and easy to follow, thank you.
Thank you sub'd and liked
great video
Glad you enjoyed it
Very nice job. I'm about to do this upgrade to my 99 ranger due to the wheel feeling "sticky" (it's gross). Did you stitch on the back side where the spokes are? Or just along the front?
I did not stitch behind the spokes - only in front. It's been a few months since I installed this cover, and it's holding up well. My daughter drives this car daily, and the wheel cover still feels great. Good luck with your ranger!
@@AmplifyDIY Question, on the back of the spoke where you didn't sew it, Is it tight or loose? Seems like it would be loose, almost like a flap.
@@sasstewart1222 It is nice and tight, and lays flat against the back of the spoke. That portion is cinched down pretty snugly by the stitches right before and after the spoke.
Nice work
Thank you! Cheers!
Nicely done, mate! This is the * only * video I have seen with someone sewing through the holes in the steering wheel cover. With all the other videos, the narrator is just sewing through thread that is already attached to the cover. That seems like a really bad design, as it would be easy to rip the old thread with the new thread.
.
Here is a tip for everyone. I have a * curved * needle. This is easier on your hand, as you have more to push against. You're not constantly working to grip a narrow, straight needle. Of course, any fabric store will have curved needles.
That’s a great tip about curved needles. Thanks for watching!
You got a like and this comment for the AVE shirt! Now I will need to watch more videos to try and catch a TOT reference!!
And Essential Craftsman. :-) Skookem as frig!
The bigger the glob the better the job! Your vijayoo
Was skookem as frig!
Awesome 👌🆒️🙌
What if you have a spoke directly on the bottom, how would you start in that situation?
Nice video explaining details. My question is when you sewed through the front spoke did you do the same for the back side and how?
Hi Hiram - no, I simply skipped the back side of the leather on the spokes. I sewed through the front to maintain the look, but the back just sits nice and flat against the back of the steering wheel spoke. Great question!
Hey I did mine today 10/30/2020 it took me about 2 1/2 hours i had to use the extra thread because I was running out I don't understand why I pulled it tite with the hook tool. But anyway I wanted to show you the results I think it came out great thanks again for the video and help. 👍✌🇺🇸
Hey Hiram - do you have a link to a photo or something of your results? (TH-cam strips links out of comments here, but you can email it to me at amplifydiy@gmail.com. I'd love to see how it turned out!) Great job!
Nice !
Thank you! Cheers!
Legend
I picked up a leather cover at the junk yard now I need the thread what kind do you recommend.I do have thick needles just need thread. nice video. and thanks for sharing
Hi Steve - I actually recommend embroidery floss - it's SUPER strong/thick, and is available in a really wide variety of colors so you can make it match. You can double it up for an even thicker/stronger stitch. Good luck!
Nice work. I was waiting for you to jam that needle through your finger somewhere along the line.
Heh... disaster avoided this time. ;-)
Thanks so much for the education, the quality of the video is superb!!
Right, I think I'll get started after breakfast. Thanks.
I hope it went well!
@@AmplifyDIY It went perfectly. Very happy. Thanks again.
Is there any specific type of thread to be used if I want use different colours? For example, nylon, silk or cotton threads? Or whether regular sewing threads will work fine for this work? Please suggest.
Hey CandidOnTheStreet - I'd suggest nylon. Heavier-weight stuff like embroidery floss may also work well. You'll need to be able to pull *HARD* on this stuff as you are stitching, so get something with a lot of tensile strength. Good luck!
great
If you're doing this repair on a factory leather wrapped steering wheel, is it best to cut the old (factory) cover off, or just go over it?
I prefer to just go over it. Good luck!
What brand of cover is that? I can only find pu leather pre stitched ones
Hi Steve - here is a link to the exact wheel cover I installed: amzn.to/3730g9m
How did you secure Wrap on back side of spokes in wheel? I only saw front done..thks..jc
Hi Samson - I actually just skipped the wrap on the rear portion of the spokes. The small portion that was skipped has not been any kind of a problem. The leather lays nice and flat on the back of the wheel spoke. Thanks for watching!
@@AmplifyDIYThanks..jc
Great job!!! Exactly the online class that I needed to watch.
Thank you for your remarkable work
Thanks for the feedback, and thanks for watching!
Kinda cheesy. Were you paid?
Hi Justin - no, I have never accepted any sponsorships or brand deals, and never feature any product on my channel that I did not purchase on my own with my own money. What you see are my honest thoughts. Thanks!
Great video, now where can I order the correct size for my steering wheel. 1988 Olds, 14 5/8 inches in diameter and 2 3/4 inches around.? thanks
Hi Bobby - that's a pretty skinny steering wheel! If you were to try the one I linked to in the description, I'd suggest getting the M- size, but that will likely be a bit wide and wind up having some leather overlap at the joint where you stitch it together. You may want to try this one in size M1: amzn.to/3zeX73z - it's rated for the same diameter, with only about an extra quarter inch at the seam. This is the skinniest I could find that will also fit your wheel's diameter.
Good luck!
@@AmplifyDIY thanks !!!!
Excellent Video, Really will help with my 1985 Porsche 928 Steering Wheel. Thank You
Does your car matter on your comment
Just to make sure- the part of the steering wheel cover behind the spokes- those holes aren't threaded?
Hi Chris - yes, that's right. I did not thread the holes in the cover behind the spokes. Thanks for watching!
is there enough space/slack to put a heating element underneath?
That's a good question. I've never installed a heating element on a steering wheel like this before, but here is how I would approach it: First, get my hands on the heating element I plan to use, then when I'm at the step of measuring the circumference of the steering wheel (with the string) do it with the heating element in place. That way I know I'm ordering a cover large enough to fit over the steering wheel with the heating element installed.
Good luck!
@@AmplifyDIY Do you think it is better to use an adhesive to attach the element to the leather cover or just compression fit? There are a bunch of heated steering wheel kits on ebay/amazon. Makes sense to spend the extra 20 bucks or so and add heat in colder climates.
@@joeyscleaninglady2877 If you are planning to install the leather cover tightly as I show in this video, I would not use any adhesive. The compression of the leather will be very tight. Adhesive would be completely unnecessary, and would potentially make a mess and/or ruin your new leather cover. I'd love to hear how it goes for you. Good luck!
If you wanna remove one do you just cut the stitches and pull it off?
Hi Morgan - yes, that should be all there is to it!
Took me an hour and 10 minutes, not bad, but I'm an old sailor experienced at marlinspike seamanship.
how do u deal with the slack? the thread is everywhere and keeps getting tangled up
It's a job that definitely requires some patience. I find I just have to be as deliberate as possible when moving the thread around so it does not tangle. Go slowly, take your time.
Good luck!
I like this except for the blue string, i think black would be nicer and more subtle
I chose blue to match the car. I believe you can order it with several different colors. Thanks for watching!
the blue string helps for seeing how the sticthing goes.
I own a pruis. The steering wheel is not round.
The circumference is 45 inches or 114cm.
When i look to buy them online they all say 38cm or 37-38cm
What am I missing???